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ArticleDrug and alcohol review2026

Confusing Uncertainty With Bias: The Challenges of Working With Real-World Data.

Jack Wilson, Matthew Sunderland, Siobhan O'Dean, Tim Slade, Danielle Dawson, Olivia Dobson, Janni Leung, Gary Chan, Maree Teesson, Wayne Hall and 3 more

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Article in Drug and alcohol review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jack WilsonThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-1731
Matthew SunderlandThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8452-364X
Siobhan O'DeanThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-2065
Tim SladeThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1725-9188
Danielle DawsonNational Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-2820
Olivia DobsonThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4044-9550
Janni LeungNational Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-2959
Gary ChanNational Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Maree TeessonThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Wayne HallNational Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1984-0096
Nicola NewtonThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-2623
Valentina LorenzettiNeuroscience of Addiction and Mental Health Program, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Emily StockingsThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-951X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID42601663
PMCPMC13476451

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